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head gasket punto

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  • 08-04-2004 1:23pm
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    cranoo
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    Anyone Know how much it would cost to get the head gasket done on a punto :o

    Crano........................


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    Mercury_Tilt
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    Gmodified
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    Go to some local mechanic which will be much cheaper around 300


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    Occidental
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    Had a 01 Punto done in KwikFit 2 weeks ago at cost of just under €400. Less than 3 years old and under 20,000 miles. Aren't Fiats wonderful.


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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Originally posted by Occidental
    Aren't Fiats wonderful.

    It's a well known problem with puntos. Having said that, buying one new saves at least €1000 compared to similar cars from the competition, so there is room for the odd extra repair bill


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    cranoo
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    Clutch at 7000 and now a head gasket at 23000 holy jaysus im not buying another one of those **** FIAT'S :mad: and I drive Artics for a living so I didnt give it a hard time :rolleyes:


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    Mercury_Tilt
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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Originally posted by cranoo
    Clutch at 7000

    Ouch :eek:

    Hopefully covered by manufacturer's warranty?


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    cranoo
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    it sure was covered by them, the clutch was not gone totally, you could feel a lump in the clutch pedal (clutch release bearing is on the way out) so I got them to replace the whole clutch kit,


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    bishopofn
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭bishopofn


    Hi

    My gf had a 00 punto 1.2, 40k on the clock.

    Head gasket went.

    Eight months and ~9k miles later it went again.

    The car was very soon after traded in....

    [fyi http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/default.html ]


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    $lash
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    ive owned two punto 1.4 gt turbos & have never had any problems - its only the 1.2 8valve engine which has head gasket problems


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    dsimpson
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    I know a guy in cumber in county down who would do it for 150 straight up!!


    A real viewpoint from real people......

    www.nitalk.com


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